The art of investment

Investment Banking

This note covers overview and history of investment banking, Mergers and acquisitions, Syndicates in IPOs, The underwriting spread in IPOs, Underpricing of IPOs, The market share in IPOs, Conflicts of interest for analysts in investment banks, Financial engineering, Relationship vs transaction banking, New technologies in investment banking, Organization and culture of investment banks, Costs and strategies of investment banks.

Author(s): Dr Andreas Krause

84 Pages

Investments Lecture notes byMIT

The link provides lecture notes for the course Investments offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The notes cover various topics related to investments, such as risk and return, asset allocation, portfolio theory, and options. The notes also discuss different types of financial assets, including stocks, bonds, and real estate. In addition, the notes offer examples and mathematical models to help understand key concepts. The course is intended for undergraduate and graduate students interested in finance and investments. Overall, the lecture notes provide a comprehensive introduction to investments and financial markets.

Author(s): Prof. Reto Gallati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NA Pages

Investment Management Notes KU

The link provides PDF lecture notes for the course Investment Management. The notes cover various topics related to investment management, such as investment objectives, asset allocation, portfolio theory, risk and return, and stock valuation. The notes also discuss different types of financial assets, including equities, bonds, and derivatives. The course is intended for students pursuing a postgraduate degree in business administration or related fields. Overall, the lecture notes provide a comprehensive introduction to investment management principles and practices.

Author(s): P.Hemalatha, Teaching Assistant, Department of commerce

80 Pages

Fixed Income Securities Lecture Notes

This note explores key concepts in understanding fixed income instruments. This note will comprehensively cover topics related to fixed income instruments, including nominal yields, effective yields, yield to maturity, spot rates, forward rates, present value, future value, mortgage payments, term structure of interest rates, bond price sensitivity to interest rate changes, hedging, horizon analysis, credit risk, default probability, recovery rates, floaters, inverse floaters, swaps, forward rate agreements, Eurodollars, convertible bonds, callable bonds, interest rate models, risk neutral pricing, and fixed income arbitrage.

Author(s): Professor Doron Avramov

424 Pages

Foreign Direct Investment Analysis of Aggregate Flows

This book provides a treatise of the unique features of FDI flows, covering both theory and data. It focuses on the determinants of the aggregate flows of FDI at the source-host country level. The book is likely to find its main readership among academics, graduate students, and trained policy professionals.

Author(s): Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka

215 Pages

Topics in Asset Pricing Lecture Notes

This note covers the following topics: From CAPM to market anomalies, Credit risk implications for the cross section of asset returns, Rational versus behavioural attributes of stylized cross-sectional effects, Conditional CAPM, Conditional versus unconditional portfolio efficiency, Multi-factor models, Interpreting factor models, Machine learning methods in asset pricing: Lasso, Ridge, elastic net, group Lasso, Neural Network, and Random Forest, Panel regressions with fixed effects and their association with market-timing and cross-section, investment strategies, Consumption based asset pricing models, The discount factor representation in asset pricing, The equity premium puzzle, The risk free rate puzzle, The Epstein-Zin preferences.

Author(s): Professor Doron Avramov

248 Pages